"If Sinners Entice Thee" by William Le Queux is a story set in a charming English village, where Captain Erle Brooker lives with his daughter Liane and their friend Nelly Bridson. This novel explores love and social class with a mysterious background that makes the characters lives a challenge, especially when Prince Zertho d'Auzac shows interest in Liane. The story opens with a tense talk between Captain Brooker and Zertho, suggesting problems about Liane’s future because of her father’s deep care for her, and the issues of money troubles and being left out of society. Liane has a troubled past and the curiosity surrounding Zertho, a man with a questionable background adds tension to the story as the pretty village is hit with danger, creating a tale full of mystery and strong feelings.
If Sinners Entice Thee
By William Le Queux
In a peaceful village, a captain's desire to protect his daughter from a prince with a dark history causes a series of mysterious and emotional events to unfold.
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About the AuthorWilliam Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.
William Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.
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